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" Menahem Pressler : "
William Brown.
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BL
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581983
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GBA8E1052b411202
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| Main Entry
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Brown, William Paul,1947-
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Menahem Pressler : : artistry in piano teaching /\ William Brown.
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xiv, 311 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9780253352415 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 025335241X (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-296) and index.
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| Contents
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I. A life in teaching 1. A brief biography -- 2.The studio -- 3. Pressler's early training -- 4.The Debussy competition -- 5. Opportunities in America -- 6. Bloomington -- 7. General aspects of Pressler's teaching -- 8. The technical approach -- 9. Principles of expressive performance -- 10. Guides for practicing -- 11. Technical instructions 12. Pressler's humor -- 13. Pressler at the Met : Beethoven's Sonata op. 110 -- 14. Pressler at the TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute.
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II. The music 15. Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita no. 2 in C minor, S. 826 -- 16. Béla Bartók, Out of doors -- 17. Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto no. 5 in E- flat major, op. 73, "Emperor", Sonata, op. 81a "Les adieux" -- 18. Johannes Brahms, Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 2, Piano trio in B major, op. 8 -- 19. Frédéric Chopin, Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58, Nocturne in E major, op. 62 no. 2 -- 20. Claude Debussy, Prélude, "Les collines d'Anacapri," book 1, no. 5, Prélude, "Feux d'artifice," book 2, no. 12 -- L'isle joyeuse -- 21. Joseph Haydn, Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI:50 -- 22. Franz Liszt, Après une lecture du Dante -- 23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in B-flat major, K. 281 -- 24. Serge Prokofiev, Sonata no. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83 -- 25. Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Le tombeau de Couperin, Piano trio in A minor -- 26. Franz Schubert, Fantasie in C major, D. 760, "Wanderer" -- 27. Robert Schumann, Kreisleriana, op. 16, Concerto in A minor, op. 54 -- 28. Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Piano concerto in B-flat minor, op. 23 -- 29. Carl Maria von Weber, "Perpetual motion" : sonata in C major, op. 24, Finale.
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Appendix A: Menahem Pressler's musical ancestry -- Appendix B: Lineage of piano teachers -- Appendix C: Tributes to Pressler -- Appendix D: Pressler's studio rosters (1955-2008) -- Bibliography -- Index of compositions -- Index of names and concepts.
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Pressler, Menahem.
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Pianists, Biography.
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Piano teachers.
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Piano-- Performance.
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Piano music-- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
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| Dewey Classification
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786.2092B
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ML417.P75B76 2009
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